EBRD: Outages, inefficiency rank high in business challenges
Though some improvements have taken place, electricity issues remained the most severe obstacle for firms in Albania, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the World Bank Group said in the summary of fifth Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (Beeps). The report covers countries in the transition region of Central, Eastern and […]
Smart grids could be Europe’s shale gas
Infrastructure for balancing intermittent solar and wind energy with flexible power demand could do for Europe what shale gas has done for the United States, European Commission Vice President Maroš Šefčovič said on April 2, EurActiv.com and Reuters reported. Smart grids are crucial for EU single energy market plans as they could integrate more renewables […]
Bogdan Balaci: Connected lighting, future of the industry
While these days modern lighting is equivalent to using LED equipment, the technology developments achieved in recent years have brought this concept a step forward: to ’connected lighting’, the future in this industry, according to Bogdan Balaci, Commercial Leader of Philips Lighting for SEE, who presented the company’s innovations in this area, during a media […]
Renewables alter market game
More energy generated at the distribution level, from renewable sources, is requiring a system overhaul in operation and regulation, says Janez Kopač, Director of Energy Community Secretariat. Balkan Green Energy News asked the Director of Energy Community Secretariat about the organization’s stance on the Energy Union, the members’ progress towards common goals, electricity pricing and red […]
Investment in renewables in EU all but ceased last year
Southern Europe is still almost a no-go area for investors in energy from renewable sources because of retroactive policy changes, most recently those affecting solar farms in Italy, said a press release before the launch of the ninth annual report by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The document entitled ’Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment […]
Two thirds of EU may face sanctions for ignoring directive
Nineteen EU member states have missed the deadline to translate the Energy Efficiency Directive (2012/27/EU) into national law by more than nine months, despite the rigorous enforcement of existing efficiency laws being part of the flagship Energy Union project, Publics.bg portal said. Proceedings against Greece, Portugal and Slovenia for failure to fully implement the directive […]
EnerTech Balkans convenes wind and hydro experts and managers
Third annual two-day EnerTech Balkans conference and exhibition was organized in Belgrade’s Hyatt hotel and gathered hydro and wind energy experts and company representatives, regulators from the region, European and government officials, civil sector representatives and consultants. When speaking about situation in Serbian energy sector from the perspective of EU integration, Freek Janmaat, Head of […]
BioRES project officially launched
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in partnership with eight other organizations including Serbian National Biomass Association (SERBIO) started a BioRES – Sustainable regional supply chain for woody bioenergy project which supports establishment of regional models for wood biomass supply in Croatia, Bulgaria and Serbia. Goal of the project is to establish and strengthen […]